Re: double jointed 4th finger! HELP!

I also have that finger double-jointed...but all of mine are...so if you think that`s hard,my fingers get "stuck" all the time.

There`s not much you can do about it, it used to really hurt me at first but then I got used to it. Another things to consider-her placement on the keys. She could be pressing them too hard (I had this problem) or not making a decent "arch" with her fingers over the keys,thus causing them to not flatten out an dget stuck.

Thank you for the help and the encouragement. It sometimes gets a little annoying and the just makes me mad because i love to play a lot. I even play in a polka band.

i play the sax actually, but my fingers get stuck a certain way sometime, usually my 3rd finger. I just have to stop playing and rub it and put it back into place.

Hey, I play flute and I`m double jointed in all my finger (and toes) but most of the time my pinky locks up. Theres really nothing I can do about it though. I doesn`t get stuck enough to where I have to exercise it, but its does get stuck and I do have stop playing and bend it alittle or pop my knuckles.

Hey

I have that problem with my right hand pinky finger...usually hurts when i play...cause the main knuckle doesn`t bend it`s straight when i play and locks up..

I did not know that there were so many people like me that also play instruments because I am the only one in our high school band that has this problem. We have stage compitition comming up and I hope I can go through the whole thing without my fingers locking up. If someone has any ideas let me know.

I have had problems with being double jointed and one of my fingers is missing a knuckle from when I had broke it. I have now switched from a closed hole flute to an open hole and the difference in the finger positions has helped with my fingers locking up. I will have to agree with a previous post and say try to change the position of the fingers.

thank you for the advise I really appreciate it. I will try to do my best but I would hate to let down the rest of the band.

Check if her keys are parallel to the ground. They should be. If her keys are rolled back, it may be a contributor. Rolling back also causes trouble with tuning, so I`d advise this to all, locked fingers or no locked fingers. (If this doesn`t help, hopefully she won`t have to trill G#-A in a solo)

Hello I came across this forum this morning while doing research on my condition Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome or EDS. All m life I was told I was just double jointed, which in reality there is not such thing. We don`t have double joints. 30yrs later I finally found out through my 3yr old daughter what and why all my fingers locked and bent every which way. Why my knees locked, why I sat in the "W" position. With many other answers to other unexplainable things going on with my body. I would like to share a few websites for you to reveiw and learn more about the so called double jointed person. What it really is called is hypermobile of the joints. Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome is a genetic disorder that affects the collagen in ones body thus resulting in hypermobility it also affects ones skin and organs depending on the type and severity. I myself have this as well as two of my children. When I was younger it was as bad but with age it has progressed. Now all of my joints are hypermobile and sublux which is a partial dislocation. If not careful in my activites I can fully dislocate them. As for musicians you can help the hypermobillity and locking in your fingers with Silver Ring Splints. They are a miracle, I wear them I have 20 of them two for each finger, I wear two of them 24-7 though. The link is below for your reveiw, you will need to get a script if you want your insurance to cover them. Either way you don`t have to have a script to get them, but you will have to have an occupational therapist fit and size your fingers.

http://www.silverringsplint.com/

Sites about EDS (Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome)by the way we look normal!

EDNF.org
EDSToday.org
and here is one of my sites that has pictures of our hypermobile joints some are more servere than others.
http://eds.geneticconnection.freehomepage.com/index.html

Blessing I hope this helps and answers your questions
RAbecca

I meant to make these clickable sorry

http://EDNF.org
http://EDSToday.org

All my fingers are double jointed on both hands and I am a piano player and a flute player and I do have trouble with my fingers becoming stuck, especially when I am playing the flute, but if the person keeps on playing it after a while the fingers dont cramp up so bad.

I play violin and I have the same problem! I don`t know how to fix it. It is also my 4th finger!

Hey all! Thanks for the replies! I`m sorry I didn`t get back here to check in. The problem my student has seems to be getting better on it`s own. We tried the popsical stick and she didn`t like it. She hasn`t complained of anymore pain.

I didn`t realize this was such a common problem. My sympathys to everyone who has it in one form or another!!!

Carol